Chopsticks

A woman who had
worked all her life to bring about good was granted one wish: "Before I
die let me visit both hell and heaven." Her wish was granted.
She
was whisked off to a great banqueting hall. The tables were piled high
with delicious food and drink. Around the tables sat miserable,
starving people as wretched as could be. "Why are they like this?" she
asked the angel who accompanied her. "Look at their arms," the angel
replied. She looked and saw that attached to the people’s arms were
long chopsticks secured above the elbow. Unable to bend their elbows,
the people aimed the chopsticks at the food, missed every time and sat
hungry, frustrated and miserable. "Indeed this is hell! Take me away
from here!"
She was then whisked off to heaven. Again she found
herself in a great banqueting hall with tables piled high. Around the
tables sat people laughing, contented, joyful. "No chopsticks I
suppose," she said. "Oh yes there are. Look - just as in hell they are
long and attached above the elbow but look… here people have learnt
to feed one another."